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| Athletics Universiade Men: 1500 m | 
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| 2009 | Beograd (ser) | |||
| 2007 | Bangkok (tha) | Samir Khadar (alg) | Alvaro Rodríguez (spa) | Fabiano Peçanha (bra) |
| 2005 | Izmir (tur) | Ivan Heshko (ukr) | Andrew Baddeley (gbr) | Vincent Rono (ken) |
| 2003 | Daegu (sko) | Johan Pretorius (saf) | Pedro Antonio Esteso (spa) | Fabiano Peçanha (bra) |
| 2001 | Beijing (chn) | Pedro Antonio Esteso (spa) | Gareth Turnbull (ire) | Aléxis Abraham (fra) |
| 1999 | Palma de Mallorca (spa) | Bernard Lagat (ken) | Leszek Zblewski (pol) | Lorenzo Lazzari (ita) |
| 1997 | Catania (ita) | Anthony Whiteman (gbr) | Carlos García (spa) | António Travassos (por) |
| 1995 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Abdelkader Chékhémani (fra) | Andrea Giocondi (ita) | Abdelhamid Slimani (alg) |
| 1993 | Buffalo (usa) | Abdelkader Chékhémani (fra) | William Burke (usa) | Gary Lough (gbr) |
| 1991 | Sheffield (gbr) | Niall Bruton (ire) | Davide Tirelli (ita) | Juan Viudes (spa) |
| 1989 | Duisburg (wge) | Kip Cheruiyot (ken) | Peter Rono (ken) | Bob Dielis (net) |
| 1987 | Zagreb (yug) | Hauke Fuhlbrügge (ege) | Rob Harrison (gbr) | ANdrey Ponomaryov (sov) |
| 1985 | Kobe (jpn) | Chris McGeorge (gbr) | Adam Dixon (usa) | Dragan Zdravkovic (yug) |
| 1983 | Edmonton (can) | Claudio Patrignani (ita) | Andreas Baranski (wge) | Geoff Turnbull (gbr) |
| 1981 | Bucuresti (rom) | Saïd Aouita (mor) | Vinko Pokrajcic (yug) | Amar Brahmia (alg) |
| 1979 | Mexico City (mex) | Graham Williamson (gbr) | Pierre Délèze (swi) | Richard Harris (usa) |
| 1977 | Sofia (bul) | Jozef Plachý (czs) | Mike Kearns (gbr) | Abderrahmane Morceli (alg) |
| 1975 | Roma (ita) | Thomas Wessinghage (wge) | Steve Heidenreich (usa) | Gheorghe Ghipu (rom) |
| 1973 | Moskva (sov) | Fank Clement (gbr) | Tony Waldrop (usa) | Reggie McAfee (usa) |
| 1970 | Torino (ita) | Francesco Arese (ita) | John Kirkbirde (gbr) | Gianni del Buono (ita) |
| 1967 | Tokyo (jpn) | Bodo Tümmler (wge) | Dave Bailey (can) | Gianni del Buono (ita) |
| 1965 | Budapest (hun) | Bodo Tümmler (wge) | Andy Green (gbr) | Zbigniew Wojcic (pol) |
| 1963 | Porto Alegre (bra) | John Whetton (gbr) | Mamoru Morimoto (jpn) | Karl Eyerkaufer (wge) |
| 1961 | Sofia (bul) | Tomás Salinger (czs) | Zoltan Vamos (rom) | Rudolf Klaban (aut) |
| 1959 | Torino (ita) | Béla Szekeres (hun) | John Winch (gbr) | Kuniaki Watanabe (jpn) |
